Awards & Honors
The awards that researchers at the University of Basel receive for their scientific work, as well as their appointments to numerous institutions, are testimony to their outstanding commitment to science and society.
The awards that researchers at the University of Basel receive for their scientific work, as well as their appointments to numerous institutions, are testimony to their outstanding commitment to science and society.
Seven researchers from the University of Basel have been named among the most frequently cited scientists worldwide.
Professor Christoph Hess from the Department of Biomedicine at the University of Basel is researching the interplay between the immune system and metabolism. For this, he will receive this year’s Cloëtta Prize for Medical Research.
Dominik Zumbühl, Professor of Experimental Physics at the University of Basel and Director of the NCCR SPIN was named Fellow of the American Physical Society for 2023.
Georg Nöldeke, professor of microeconomic theory at the Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of Basel, was elected a Fellow of the Econometric Society in recognition of his scientific contributions to game and contract theory.
Prof. Marek Basler of the Biozentrum, University of Basel, has been elected as a new member of the renowned European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO). Basler is now one of a select group of more than 2,000 leading life scientists in Europe and beyond who have so far been honored by EMBO for their outstanding research achievements with this lifetime membership.
Dr. Maria Longobardi, scientific coordinator at the National Center of Competence in Research SPIN of the Department of Physics, University of Basel has been named Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS). With her election, the APS honors her work in fostering international relationships between scientists.
Filippo M. Rijli, professor of neurobiology at the University of Basel and group leader at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI), has been elected Member of the Italian Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei.
Ed Constable, Professor of Chemistry and former Vice President for Research at the University of Basel, has been appointed a Corresponding Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
The Federal Council has nominated Nadja Braun Binder as new president of the Federal Statistics Committee. Associate Professor of Public Law at the University of Basel, she will take up her post on 1 April 2022.
